Currycomb.



PATENTED MAY 23, 1905.

S. JOHNSTON.

GURRYGOMB.

APPLIOATIOIN FILED JAN. 4, 1905.

51s wanton NITED STATES Patented May 23, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CURRYCOIVIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,843, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed uary 4, 1905. Serial No. 239,578.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SUMNER JOHNSTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Lincoln and State of South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Currycombs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in currycombs; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

One of the objects of my invention is to pro vide a simple and efficient cleaning device or frame capable of ready application to or removal from an ordinary currycomb in such manner as to afford a ready means for cleaning the teeth of the same from the accumulations of hair, dust, and grit consequent upon its use.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved construction whereby the accumulations of dust and dirt may be readily shaken loose and removed from the teeth of the currycomb by operating a small lever adjacent to the handle of the currycomb to impart a vibratory motion to the cleaning-frame connected to the currycomb proper.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists, essentially, of a cleaning device comprising two slotted plates or sections which are adjustably connected together one upon the other, the under slotted plate or section being adapted to move in guideways formed by the overlapping edges of the upper plate or section and said upper plate or section having a right-angled lever pivoted thereto at its inner central edge and connecting by a suitable bolt with a slotted projection upon the rear edge of the lower plate,

whereby a vibratory motion may be imparted to said lower plate by said right-angled lever to shake loose and remove the dirt, dust, or hair which may accumulate upon the teeth of the currycomb while in use and upon the plates themselves when the parts are adjusted in position upon the currycomb.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a top plan view of an ordinary currycomb having my improved cleaning device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken on the line (a w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my cleaning frame or attachment removed from the currycomb. Figs. 4 and 5 are similar views, respectively, of the upper and lower slotted plates forming the body of the said cleaning-frame.

Referring to said drawings, the referenceletter A designates the upper slotted plate or section, and B the lower-slotted plate or section. (Shown more fully in Figs. 4 and 5, respectively.) The upper plate A is provided with overlapping edges A on two opposite sides thereof, forming guideways for the reception therein of the edges B of the lower plate B, said overlapping edges A on one side of the plate A being cut away to form clips or lugs A, which lap over in a reverse direction upon the top of the plate A, as shown in Fig. 3.

The short inner end of a right-angled or L shaped lever C is pivoted to the rear crossbar a of the upper plate A, while a suitable bolt a, passing through an opening near the bend or angle of said lever, engages with a slot Z) in a projection I) at the central edge of the rear cross-bar b of the lower plate B in such manner as to connect the upper and lower plates together and through a backward and forward movement of the lever C by the thumb or fingers of the hand to impart a vibratory movement to the lower slotted plate B, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

At one side of the upper plate A is provided two overlapping clips or lugs A, above mentioned, under which one sideof the upper plate of the currycomb D, having handle D, is adapted to fit when the parts are placed together-that is, when the cleaning attachment is applied to the currycomb in the following manner: The slotted plates A and B being in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, the currycomb is adjusted in position thereon by first tilting the comb sidewise and then inserting one side edge thereof under the clips or lugs A, with the teeth of the comb projecting downwardly through the slotted openings of the said plates A and B until the top plate of the currycomb lies flat upon the top plate A of the cleaner, in which position the thumb-piece E, pivoted to the opposite side of the plate A, is turned around andover upon the top of the plate D of the currycomb to hold the parts securely together, as fully shown in Fig. 1. After the cleaning-frame has been adjustably connected with the currycomb the handle of the lever O is moved rearwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, to draw the edges of the cross-bars of the lower slotted plate B up against the rows of teeth of the currycomb, so that when the cleaning attachment is removed from the currycomb these impinging edges of the cross-bars will readily scrape or remove all accumulations of hair, dirt, and dust from the teethof the same.

The currycomb can be cleaned of dust and light hairs by a backward and forward movement of the lever C, which imparts a vibratory movement to the lower slotted plate B, causing the cross-bars of the same to alternately move toward and from the rows of teeth of the currycomb to shake loose and remove therefrom the accumulations above referred to.

The slotted plates A-and B may be made of different sizes and having the required number of cross-bars to suit the different sizes and rows of teeth of varying-sized currycor'nbs.

As heretofore stated, it is my purpose to provide the cleaning attachment herein described so that it may be readily attached to any and all currycombs, including those now in use, without changing their construction in any particular.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and useful 1. In a currycomb,and in combination therewith, a cleaning device consisting of two slotted plates removably secured between the toothed plates of the comb, one of which slotted plates is vibratory, and means for vibrating the same, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a currycomb having toothed plates, of a cleaning device comprising a removably-secured slotted plate, a vibratory slotted plate and an actuating-lever, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In acurrycomb and in combination therewith, a cleaning device comprising a vibratory slotted plate, a non-vibratory slotted plate,

and a connecting vibrating lever, of means for securing said device to the currycomb, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a currycomb, of a cleaning device consisting of a removable slotted plate, a vibrating slotted plate and a lever for closing said plates tightly against the toothed plates of the currycomb, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a currycomb having toothed plates, of a removable plate A, a vibrating plate B, and a lever C for closing plates A and B tightly against the rows of the toothed plates of the comb, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SUMNER JOHNSTON.

Witnesses:

H. N. COOPER, M. M. COOPER. 

